Business Insider hires Bloomberg’s Tracer, Leibowitz of Fox Business, and others

Business Insider global editor in chief Nicholas Carlson sent out the following announcement on Tuesday:

Team–
As you know, a few weeks ago now we announced major investment plans for Business Insider and INSIDER.
I’m happy to report we’re well underway, and have added some big stars in the past few weeks.
Zach Tracer is leaving Bloomberg to join Business Insider as our new healthcare editor. He’ll run a team focused on BI Prime.
Carl Leibowitz is our new director of booking. He comes from Fox Business Network, and will be working on Business Insider Today, our conferences, and podcasts.
Speaking of Business Insider Today – the #1 news show on Facebook Watch – we also hired Lionel Moise, a new co-host. Previously, Lionel was an anchor in CBS 2 in Chicago.
Courtney Streett is also joining the BIT team, as a senior producer on BI Today. She comes from CBS, too.
Meghan Morris is our new Asset Management reporter. She joins from Private Equity Real Estate magazine.
Trista Kelley is our new finance editor based London. She was also previously at Bloomberg.
Katie Canales, a former intern, is now a full-time visual features reporter based in San Francisco.
Finally, at INSIDER, Suma Hussien joined us as an associate producer for design.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.